Combined trousers-clasp and belt-holder.



PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907.

B. A. GROTE.

COMBINED TROUSERS CLASP AND BELT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15.1906.

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COMBINED TRQUSERS-CLASP AND BELT-HOLDER.

u 0. 849,677. Specification of Application filed August 1.;

'1'!) all whom it our. concern;

Be it known that l, Pucszrunx A. U-ito r't, a citizen of the tinted States ol America residing 1n the city ol St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and use t'ul .hnprormnents in toinbined 'lrousers- Clasps and Belt-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specil'ication.

My invention relates to a lasp for holding the laps of mens trousers in closed condition and which is prtwided with means for attachment to the tongues of the buckles of belts 3 used around the waist portion of the trousers 1 tor the purpose ol" supporting them on the body and whereby the belt is restrained from slippingt'roin its proper position on the trou scrs. I

Figure l is an elevation of the blank from which my combined clasp and belt-holder is produced. Fig. ll is a perspectire riew ot the clasp member to which my invention re lates. clasp and belt-holder shown applied to the lapsof a pair of trousers, the meeting ends of 1 a, belt with a buckle being shown lll dotted 1 lines, the clasp being disengaged from its keeper and the holder engaged with the tongue of the buckle.

Referring first to Fig. Ill, A and A designate the laps of a pair of trousers, and B is a belt, such as worn around trousers for their support, the belt being provided with the usual buckle (J, having a tongue 1). The

belt and its buckle, which form no part of lny invention 7M) .s-c, are illustrated in dotted:

lines.

1 designates the skeleton body ol in) clasp,

which is adapted to be secured to the trouserslap A by ani' suitable means, such as stitching it thereto, and 3 is a hook carried by said bod the body and hook bring integrai with each other and occupying positions approximately parallel with each ol her.

I is a keeper suitably attached to the trousers-lap 1V and adapted to l'tt'tlYt the clasp-hook 3 when the trousers-laps are brought together or into (Werlapping positions.

Fig. lll is a perspective View of the 3 Eatenteo Apni 9, 1907.

y The body of the clasp is provided at its lower edge with 2, depending prong 3, formed integral with said body and extending outwardly therefrom. This prong is adapted to be passed through the trousers-lap. A when i the clasp is applied to said lap and to project outwardly and downwardly from the face of 5 said lap. The prong 3 of the clasp is curved f inwardly at its free end and is adapted to rei ceive the tongue of the belt-buckle when said belt placed around the trousers, the buckletongue being located beneath the upper portion of the prong, thereby causing the prong to prevent upward movement of the buckle and restrain the belt from slipping in an upward direction, and oil the trousers it is designed to bind to the body of the wearer of the trousers tor the purpose of holding them suspended. l .The combined clasp and belt-holder is produced l'roni the blank illustrated in Fig. l, which is stamped in a single piece and in llat condition, after which it is bent into the eoinbination seen in l ig. ll. Numerals corre- {sponding tothose used in describing the coin )leted article designate like parts in the blank lclaitn- 1. As anew article o'l manufacture, a trousers-clasp body, haw'ing a bm-kwardly-extending hook, and a depending curr d prong said clasp-body in front of the hook and adapted to engage the tongue of a beltbuckle, substantially as andt'or the purpose set forth.

3. A trousers-clasp body, having a backtwardly-extending hook, and a depending curred prong l'ornlcd integral therewith and pro'ecting outwardly and downwardly 'l'roin i said clas -bod in front oi" the hook and buc do, snbstantialtr as and tor the purpose set. 'lorth.

BENJAMlN A. (more.

In presence. ot-- I l). b. liNiou'r, Wu. H. Sco'rT.

projecting outwardly and downwardly from adapted to cngugc the tongue ol a belt- 

